I just watched a man die; he was riding his motorcycle up the street in front of my office. A lady made a left in front of him. He never saw it coming and hit the side of her minivan at about 45MPH. Caved it in, bike and rider spun through the air. Bike skidded away, rider hit the ground and stuck. I ran out and it was evident he was going, if not already gone. All I could do was pray for him, his family, and the lady that drove the minivan. When I opened my eyes, the cops had moved everyone back but me. I was looking at his eyes when the para's said no respiration and no pulse. Then they loaded him in the ambulance and all that was left was thick blood on the pavement, a torn-up bike and a minivan with a caved-in side.

I don't think I would be this messed up by it except my little brother died from a bike wreck and I was with him for his last three hours, holding his hand when he went.

I'm not looking for anyone to lean on, but rather people to join in prayer with me. I want us to lift up that man and his family for His peace and strength and comfort, because I know what they're going through and they need it. I want us to lift up before God the lady who pulled out in front of him because she's got to live with the knowledge that she killed a man. I want us to ask that God put the spirit of forgiveness in the victim's family's hearts, because they'll never experience healing without it. Noone in either family will be the same.

 

Seeing a sudden, traumatic death is a hard thing on anyone...

My thoughts go out to you, and to the man and his family.

 

Tough thing to watch, WAY more so with your personal involvement. I'm sure his family will find comfort knowing he wasn't/isn't alone when this happened. Sorry you had to see this, and I'm glad you are a strong enough person to talk about a thing that is so close to you. Peace to you; and his family too. life gets tough sometimes, thats for sure.

 

I'm sorry for your loss. On that note, I saw a guy die once. He was in a little POS foreign car and a lady in a minivan (sound familiar?) ran a red light and smoked him right in the drivers door. When I got to the car he was foaming at the mouth and his eyes were back in his head. Sorry but that is beyond me! Found out later from the cop on the scene that he did die, and the lady was being charged... with something...?

 

We will add you and the family to our family prayers

 

Brother I've been there and it's no fun place to be. I watched my Mom pass on in a ditch lying next to a destroyed motorcycle. You, that man, and his family are in my prayers.

 

Just over a year ago, I was the primary officer at a bicyle vs. minivan collision. 14 year old honor student down a long steep hill with no brakes, through a red light, into the side of a minivan going 35+/- miles per hour. The hardest part was taking the mother and brother to the hopital to make an identification.

This past June I was working a traffic detail as they were paving the road and intersection where the collision occured. Even with all the equipment, new pavement and traffic I could still see the images/people/cars in my mind like it happened yesterday.....

It wasn't the worse collision i've seen or that I'm sure I will see, but sometimes they just sink in, even when its your job to be professional.

This summer I taught bicycle safety to a couple hundred local summer campers, one can only hope that if just one child is saved from getting hurt my job was done.

We're with you and all involved.

Mike

 

Prayers on there way!

 

Prayers to his family and you for being there.

 

Prayers for both. I understand what it feels like.

 

Prayers from here SD, for them and for you. Nobody should be alone, you did all you could and hopefully his soul was already saved. I'm proud of ya!

 

God speed.

 

Coming from somebody who rides a motorcycle almost daily, please take that extra half second and have a good look before turning left, pulling into that intersection or changing lanes. We all have to look out for each other.

 

Please also keep the lady who pulled out in front of him in prayer as well. Yes, she was careless but she was destroyed by it as well. She was face-down on the ground, crying inconsolably. It didn't look like she knew anyone else was there, she didn't respond to the police or anyone. When a para tried to lift/roll her, she went totally limp like a bag of jello. They finally put her in the back of an ambulance.

I know she's got a ton of people pointing fingers and treating her as a killer. She caused the guy's death, but she's also carrying that burden. Please keep her in your prayers too. The hardest days of her life have begun; pray for the forgiveness that Christ would give her.

 

Just wow, definite prayers to everyone involved or touched by this tragedy. It will reach far beyond those at the scene and into their families as well as everyone tries to cope with the events of the day. The driver will carry the burden for the rest of her life, the riders family loss can never be replaced, your visions and refreshment of past memories will haunt you for some time, the officers and fire/rescue/hospital crew that deal with these accidents way too often. You are all and will forever be affected in some way by this. Hopefully everyone can heal in their own ways as fast as they are able.

You especially will have a hard time but in some way should feel comfort in knowing that you let him know he wasn’t alone at the end. We can all only hope that when our time comes that we have someone like you to ensure that there is someone there to offer a prayer and peace along our new journey. Thank you for being strong enough to be there with him knowing the sorrow you would feel when it was all over.
Greg